North American Racing

Keanu Reeves is going NASCAR. The actor, pictured above with motorcycle ace John McGuinness at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last June, is set to portray a fictional self-centered NASCAR driver in the upcoming film, "Rally Car." Announced at the Berlin Movie Festival, Lionsgate has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the movie. The character Reeves will portray will be the only tie to NASCAR, h...

The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network will see another year of stellar coverage on the MAVTV Motorsports Network as 15 nights are slated to be taped for broadcast throughout the 2017 season. "MAVTV is perfect for anyone who's a race-fan and ASCS has seen a lot of benefit from being featured on MAVTV all these years," said ASCS owner and founder, Emmet...

The recent signing of a three-year property and event management contract between the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) and Monterey County has included a widespread deal to settle any and all financial disputes between both sides. A transfer of assets from SCRAMP to the county also took place in the reconciliation. According to the Monterey Herald , "the county agr...

Joel E. Finn of Bluffton, S.C., award-winning author, racecar driver, and computer industry pioneer, died on Jan. 28, 2017 in Charleston, SC. He was 78. He was a loyal and generous friend, admired for his engaging stories, and a loving and supportive husband, father and grandfather. The son of Barney and Alice (Abrams) Finn, Joel was raised in Syracuse, NY, and graduated from Syracuse University....

Three years of twists and turns in the search for a new track management solution at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca have resulted in a return to its first and only management team. Monterey County's board of supervisors, which controls the land that contains the sprawling park and its renowned 2.2-mile road course, has ceased its efforts to replace the non-profit Sports Car Racing Association of the M...

Phoenix International Raceway is changing the game. International Speedway Corp. and PIR announced Monday afternoon that the 1-mile oval that hosts NASCAR and IndyCar Series events would undergo a $178 million redevelopment consisting of changes to nearly everything at the facility except the racing surface. Among the changes is an entirely redone infield that will include the garage area, a new ...

SpeedLeague and Old Tucson Company, announced today they will move the Shootout at Old Tucson, an off-road action motorsport event to May 6-7, 2017. The move is to avoid conflict with other events in the region that might have potentially prevented fans from enjoying the new signature event. The Shootout will take place in Old Tucson, Arizona, an iconic wild west theme park and film location memo...

The Petersen Automotive Museum is celebrating the spirit, talent and innovative mind of America's greatest racer on Friday night in Los Angeles when it honors Dan Gurney. "The Eagles Have Landed" exhibit will be a year-long display of Gurney's creations, a little over 50 years since he rolled out the first Eagle for the 1966 Indianapolis 500. "It's interesting to be this old because you accumulat...

The future of the Utah Motorsport Campus, formerly known as Miller Motorsport Park, has been thrown into doubt once again after the Mitime Group announced that it is withdrawing from negotiations to purchase the venue. The Chinese company had been in discussions to purchase the 511-acre facility, however Xinggui Wang, manager of Mitime Group subsidiary Mitime Utah Investment, LLC, informed Toole ...

Casey Folks, an off-road racing pillar who founded and owned the Best in the Desert Racing Association, died Jan 12 after suffering a stroke. He was 72. In a statement, BITD said Folks was readying to drop the flag on the BITD Winter Nationals Parker "250" on Jan 7 in Parker, Arizona when he suffered a massive stroke. He was rushed to a hospital and then airlifted to Las Vegas, where he succumbed...

Oklahoman Christopher Bell grew up watching the Chili Bowl and dreaming of hoisting the Golden Driller trophy some day. And it all came full circle Saturday night. Starting second, Bell stalked polesitter Justin Grant for 25 laps, then jumped to the top of the track to take the lead and never relinquished it in winning the 31st version of the great American midget race in Tulsa's Expo Center. "I ...

A great week got a little better for Justin Grant on Friday night at the 31st annual Chili Bowl. His wife gave birth to twins a few days ago and then the Californian turned in a flawless drive to capture the 25-lap preliminary feature in the car owned by Bryan Clauson's father, Tim. "To win for this family is so special in a week where my wife had twins and I feel like I got all the glory but I'm...

Christopher Bell, one of the bright young talents in American motorsports, rescued what had been an otherwise bleak Chili Bowl week for Keith Kunz Motorsports on Thursday night with a runaway triumph in the 25-lap qualifying feature. A native of Norman, Okla. who was snatched by Kyle Busch a couple years ago to start driving stock cars and spent 2016 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Bell...

It could be the biggest upset in Chili Bowl preliminary racing history but regardless, Travis Berryhill will always be called a winner. A veteran journeyman racer from American Canyon, California, Berryhill rocked the form chart on Thursday night with a commanding victory in the 25-lap A Main to transfer into one of the top 12 starting spots in Saturday night's 30th annual Chili Bowl. "I'm not th...

Tyler Courtney withstood the pressure from Kyle Larson and drove to a dominating victory Tuesday night in the opening preliminary A Main for the 30th annual Chili Bowl. Starting from the pole, Courtney fell back to second before passing Matt Sherrell for the top spot and then led the final 23 laps to transfer to a Top 12 starting spot in Saturday night's main event at the Tulsa Expo Center. The U...